What is McKinney-Vento?
The McKinney-Vento Act is a federal law that ensures the right of students to go to school even when they are homeless or don’t have a permanent address. The Act aims to reduce barriers that have prevented many homeless youth from enrolling, attending, and succeeding in school. The Mukwonago Area School District is committed to building and creating a supportive community for all families and students.
You qualify if you:
- Lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.
- Sharing housing due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason.
- Living in motels, hotels or campgrounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations
- Living in emergency or transitional shelters
- Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or other places not designated for sleeping accommodations for human beings.
- Migratory children
- Unaccompanied students who may have been kicked out, thrown out, abandoned, or have run away.
If you, or a friend, fall under any of these categories below please contact your school social worker to assist with resources and learn about your rights, some of which include:
- Continue to attend school in the school attended before you became homeless (school of origin).
- Receive transportation to and from the school of origin.
- Enroll in school without giving a permanent address and attend classes while the school arranges for a school transfer, immunization records, or other documents required for enrollment.
- Receive the same special programs and services, if needed, as provided to all other children served in these programs.
- Have enrollment disputes quickly addressed.
Please contact Secondary Program Support Coordinator Jamie Dobner (dobneja@masd.k12.wi.us or 262.363.6300, x27404) for more information.
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